Coreopsis species are drought-tolerant perennial wildflowers recognized around the world for being tough, durable garden plants. The ever-expanding selections at our plant shop on-line offer some of the wonderful Coreopsis species native to the southern US...many of these native plants are virtually unknown in gardening circles. Some of the new Coreopsis hybrids that we offer may also quickly become mainstays in summer perennial gardens.
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The Coreopsis selections we sell prefer full sun where they produce hundreds of bright yellow flowers...some in summer and others in fall. Every few years, coreopsis appreciates being divided to keep the clump from becoming overcrowded. The fine textured foliage of Coreopsis pairs very well with coarser textured plants such as agapanthus, agave, or monarda. Coreopsis looks best planted in containers, in large groups, or woven among other perennials in a cottage garden. Coreopsis flowers also attract butterflies and make great cut flowers. When you are ready to buy coreopsis for your garden, check out our online offerings of coreopsis for sale below.
Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery has been the choice of serious gardeners and plant collectors looking for the best and rarest perennial plants. We are pleased to have received the Perennial Plant Association Retail Award in 2011, the American Horticulture Society Commercial Award in 2002, and to have been selected as one of the Best Mail Order Plant Sources - Garden Design Magazine 2010. Welcome to our family of plant lovers!
This rare NC native is another of the great overlooked garden plants growing naturally here in the Southeast. Native to swampy forested sites from NC to Florida, Coreopsis helianthoides is similar in growth habit to Coreopsis integrifolia. The shiny, uncut, dark green foliage adorns 30" tall clumps. From September to November, Coreopsis helianthoides is topped with a stunning show of yellow-orange daisies...perfect for an overly moist site in your garden, although it has performed beautifully for us in regular garden soil in full sun. Thanks to the late Rob Gardner at the NC Botanic Garden for sharing this eastern NC accession with us. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
From New York south to Florida, you are liable to run across Coreopsis major in open dry woodlands. So, why is it not grown in everyone's garden? Probably because it looks like crap (pardon my French) in the woods. Put a plant in full sun, and it becomes a killer perennial. The spreading rootstock makes a 5' clump in 5 years of sturdy 3' tall stems clothed in whorled green leaves. From late spring through midsummer, the drought-tolerant clumps are topped with 2" yellow daisies...simply superb! Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
In 2001, we picked up this gem in the Florida panhandle where it resides, and have been so impressed with it since that we had to share. Coreopsis gladiata has been thoroughly confused by herbarium botanists (folks who identify only dead, smashed plants) to the point that some think it's the same as Coreopsis helianthoides (a stoloniferous, glossy leaf species), and others think it's an annual. Coreopsis gladiata is a tight clumping species composed of upright stems and thick, hairy 3" long linear leaves. The 18" wide clumps are topped, starting in mid-October, with thin stalks of bright golden daisies to 30" tall. Despite being native in moist sand, we grow them with yuccas where they thrive! Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
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